Marlon Byrd
CF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 245LBS | Age: 46
Draft: 1999 | Rd: 10, #306, Philadelphia Phillies | Georgia Perimeter College
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2014 637 591 71 156 25 3 .264 .312 .445 .757
2015 544 506 58 125 23 2 .247 .290 .453 .743
2016 129 115 11 31 5 0 .270 .326 .452 .778
15 Seasons 6,123 5,579 740 1,534 159 56 .275 .329 .430 .759
AVG HR SB OPS
2014 .264 25 3 .757
2015 .247 23 2 .743
2016 .270 5 0 .778
15 Seasons .275 159 56 .759
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 Sweet
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2015 37 1979 366 31 8.5 5.7 86.3 108.8 12.1 33.9 .238 .435 .317 .311 .406 31.1 26.7 5.3
2016 38 496 80 6 7.5 4.7 87.1 104.2 17.1 43.8 .243 .395 .328 .305 .403 37.5 29.5 8.5
Player 2475 446 37 8.3 5.5 86.5 108.8 13.0 35.7 .239 .427 .319 .310 .406 32.3 27.2 5.9
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 43.7 22.7 28.7 4.9 36.6 35.8 27.6 4.6 30.3 24.6 21.9 5.5 8.5 5.7
2016 35.0 23.8 36.3 5.0 31.3 32.5 36.3 5.0 21.3 31.3 30.0 3.8 7.5 4.7
Player 42.2 22.9 30.0 4.9 35.7 35.2 29.1 4.7 28.7 25.8 23.3 5.2 8.3 5.5
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 425 1,597 4 -5 6 7 12
2009 583 2,114 8 -7 6 11 18
2010 626 2,215 10 -9 9 10 20
2011 477 1,640 -1 -13 2 6 -6
2012 152 580 -4 -9 1 1 -11
2013 600 2,184 20 -11 8 7 25
2014 628 2,368 6 -2 2 8 14
2015 542 1,969 1 -8 4 5 2
2016 128 493 -2 1 -1 1 0
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 1,979 46.3 81.4 79.2 41.9 51.5 40.0 50.9 60.2 31.2 7.5 84.6
2016 496 47.9 76.3 74.4 39.3 50.5 44.0 47.3 56.7 34.2 9.1 91.1
Player 2,475 46.6 80.4 78.3 41.4 51.3 40.8 50.2 59.5 31.8 7.9 86.1
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 29.7 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		Speed OAA Arm
Strength
2015 46 22 68 80 14 76 78 15 66 29 9 21 8 2 77
2016 36 49
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.3 5 4.4 1 3 3 2 40.0
Player 22.3 5 4.4 1 3 3 2 40.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 5 5 4 5 4 3 5 5 3 2 3 5 6 5 5 6 2 4 5 5 5 4 5 6 4 5 3 6 5 5 2
Player 5 5 4 5 4 3 5 5 3 2 3 5 6 5 5 6 2 4 5 5 5 4 5 6 4 5 3 6 5 5 2
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-  
Exit Velocity 86.3 87.1 0.8 ↑
Launch Angle 12.1 17.1 5.0 ↑
Barrel % 8.5 7.5 -1.0 ↓
Hard Hit % 31.1 37.5 6.4 ↑
Sweet Spot % 33.9 43.8 9.9 ↑
xBA .238 .243 0.005 ↑
BA .247 .270 0.023 ↑
xwOBA .311 .305 -0.006 ↓
wOBA .317 .328 0.011 ↑
xSLG .435 .395 -0.040 ↓
SLG .453 .452 -0.001 ↓
K% 26.7 29.5 2.8 ↑
BB% 5.3 8.5 3.2 ↑
Swing % 60.2 56.7 -3.5 ↓
Whiff% 31.2 34.2 3.0 ↑
In Zone % 46.3 47.9 1.6 ↑
Out of Zone % 53.7 52.1 -1.6 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 41.9 39.3 -2.6 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 50.9 47.3 -3.6 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 70.4 62.0 -8.4 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 120 14 11.7 .255 .677
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 580 17.0 20.5% 5.2% 355 23.0 0.0% 11.3%
2011 404 16.5 27.2% 2.0% 244 23.3 0.4% 10.7%
2012 149 16.1 38.3% 1.3% 78 21.9 2.6% 7.7%
2013 484 18.4 10.1% 1.7% 326 24.5 0.3% 12.3%
2014 539 18.8 7.6% 2.8% 339 24.6 0.0% 10.6%
2015 410 18.5 20.5% 6.6% 253 25.2 2.8% 27.3%
2016 105 17.3 23.8% 2.9% 68 23.2 4.4% 20.6%
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